Kostek Ridge, Karagajly River, 1639 (Cambrian of Kyrgyzstan)

Where: Kyrgyzstan (42.8° N, 76.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.7° N, 99.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Karagajly Formation, Mayan (504.5 - 499.5 Ma)

• Height estimated from figure. Informal unit 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; chert and black, gray limestone

• 225 m of laminated cherts with lenses and interbeds of dark grey to black limestones in the upper part, and with a 25-m dark grey bedded limestone at the top

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180 [W. Kiessling/M. Domansky]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122858: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Domansky on 06.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterina alaica
Paterina alaica Imanaliev and Pelman 1988
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Zhanatellidae
? Canalilatus major
? Canalilatus major Holmer et al. 2001
 Lingulida - Kyrshabaktellidae
Kyrshabaktella certa
Kyrshabaktella certa Ushatinskaya and in Pelman 1992
 Acrotretida - Ceratretidae
Kleithriatreta kostekensis n. sp.
Kleithriatreta kostekensis n. sp. Holmer et al. 2001
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Canthylotreta sp., Homotreta sp., Kotylotreta undata, Anabolotreta sp.
Canthylotreta sp. Rowell 1966
Homotreta sp. Bell 1941
Kotylotreta undata Koneva 1990
Anabolotreta sp. Rowell and Henderson 1978